Professional Overview

Sally Harpole is a well-known international arbitrator with broad China experience. She has conducted over 60 arbitration cases in Asia, Europe and North America. Since 1977 Sally also has advised clients on the legal aspects of doing business in China including direct investment, dispute resolution, energy, infrastructure, intellectual property, regulatory issues, and trade matters. In 2001 she established the Hong Kong law firm Sally Harpole & Co after 23 years at a multinational law firm, including more than a decade managing that firm’s Beijing office. Sally is fluent in English, Mandarin and Spanish.

Positions, Professional Honors and Titles

Arbitration and ADR Related Positions

• Co-Chair, Arbitration Committee, International Bar Association (2007 and 2008)
• Council Member, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
• Commission Member, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
• Executive Committee, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association
• Chair, Asia Advisory Council, American Arbitration Association
• Member, International Chamber of Commerce – Hong Kong Arbitration Committee
• Observer, UNCITRAL Working Group II (the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules)
• Contributor, UNCITRAL Survey on Implementation of the New York Convention
• Board of Directors, The Advocacy Institute of Hong Kong
• Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators East Asia Branch
• Fellow and Council Member, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
• Member, London Court of International Arbitration
• Board of Reporters (responsible for China), Institute of Transnational Arbitration    
• International Advisory Council, Cheung Kong Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, Shantou University, China
• Visiting Professor & Senior Fellow, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law (Asian Study program)
• General Editor and Special Editor, CCH China Business Law Guide (1992 to 2003)

Arbitrator and Mediator Panel Appointments

• Panel of Arbitrators, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
• Panel of Arbitrators, Beijing Arbitration Commission
• Panel of Arbitrators, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
• Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre
• Panel of Arbitrators, Indonesian National Board of Arbitration
• Panel of Arbitrators, CPR, New York
• Panel of Arbitrators, ICDR - American Arbitration Association, New York
• Panel of Arbitrators, International Commercial Arbitration Centre, British Columbia
• Panel of Arbitrators, AAA E-Commerce Panel
• Panel of Arbitrators, Shanghai Arbitration Commission, Shanghai, China
• Panel of Arbitrators, Karamay Arbitration Commission, Xinjiang, China
• Panel of Arbitrators, Beijing University Games Arbitration Panel
• Panel of Mediators, HKIAC Panel of Accredited Mediators, Hong Kong
• Panel of Mediators, Beijing Arbitration Commission, Beijing
• Panel of Mediators, CPR-CCPIT Joint Conciliation Centre, Beijing

Other Positions & Titles

• President, American Chamber of Commerce in the People's Republic of China (1985 and 1986) – an elected position (first 2-term President of AmCham-China)
• Chair, Law Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong  (1991, 1992, 2002, 2003)
• Vice President, American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (1994, 1995, 199 and 1998)
• Secretary and Council Member, Mexican Business Association of Hong Kong (1998-2002)
• Secretary (1997) and Literary Circle Coordinator (2003-2006) – Asociación de Mujeres de Habla Hispana
• Member, Spanish Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong
• Executive Council Member, International Section, American Bar Association (1980 and 1981) and Los Angeles County Bar Association (1983 and 1984)
• Founding Committee Member, Los Angeles-Guangzhou Sister City Association (1982)

Professional Recognition

Listed as a leading arbitrator and lawyer in:

• “The World’s Leading Lawyers” (2000-2007);
• “Asia Pacific Legal 500” (2000-2007);
• “Who’s Who in the Law - Hong Kong” ;
• "Who's Who in International Arbitration" (2000-2007);
• Global Arbitration Review “Top Arbitrators in Asia” and “Top Women in  Arbitration”;
• Chamber’s Leading Lawyers – Asia Business & Arbitration (2000-2007)

Arbitration and Other ADR Experience

Over the past 18 years, Sally Harpole has served as arbitrator in over 60 international arbitration cases in Asia, Europe and North America, both institutional and ad hoc, including cases conducted according to the UNCITRAL Rules, the local arbitration law and rules of various jurisdictions and the arbitration rules of the following institutions:

• China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission;
• Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre;
• International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC")
• International Center for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR” - AAA);
• Singapore International Arbitration Centre; and
• Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.

She is experienced in conducting international commercial arbitrations between Chinese and non-Chinese parties in two languages (Chinese/English) and in Chinese language only.  As advocate, has represented  parties in arbitrations administered by CIETAC and the ICC.

Sally also has conducted conciliation and mediation in Beijing and Hong Kong, as counsel and as conciliator/mediator in disputes involving Chinese and non-Chinese parties (both arb-med and med-arb procedures).

Examples of transactional and project experience (as lawyer and solicitor)

• Joint venture, wholly foreign owned enterprise and other investment forms
• Merger, acquisition, restructuring
• Technology and trademark licensing
• Intellectual property protection
• Manufacturing, assembly and processing contracts
• Distribution, sales, agency and service contracts
• Corporate governance and companies law issues
• Hotel and management contracts
• Infrastructure (roads, ports, etc), energy and natural resource projects
• Trading contracts (purchase & sale, import export)
• Entertainment (film, television, live performance)
• Transportation (aviation, shipping)
• Industry regulation (particularly in the areas of banking and finance, e-commerce, cultural productions and sports, hotel and management contracts, pharmaceuticals, advertising and promotion, transportation)
• Employment
• Consultation for arbitration, mediation and litigation matters in Asia
• Arbitrator, Mediator and counsel for international dispute resolution cases (arbitration, mediation and litigation)

Professional Licenses

Qualified to Practice Law in

• State of California, USA
• Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China

Accredited Mediator (Hong Kong)

Chartered Arbitrator

Academic Degrees

• A.B. Degree, University of California, Berkeley, California
  (Honors and Phi Beta Kappa), 1972
• Juris Doctor Degree, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (Asian Law   
  Program, Moot Court Honors), 1978
• Chinese Law Certificate, University of East Asia, Macau, 1990

Professional Training, Conference Speaker and Teaching

Mediator and Arbitrator Training –

• Harvard Law School Program for Instruction of Lawyers – Mediation Workshop;
• CPR Mediator Training;
• Straus Institute Advanced Mediation Training;
• Mediator Accreditation in Hong Kong;
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Fellows Course in Arbitration.

Conference Speaker -  Frequent chairman and speaker at conferences on dispute resolution and doing business in China and greater Asia, including events sponsored by AAA / ICDR, ABA, BAC, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, CPR, CIETAC, HKIAC, ICCA, ICC, IPBA, KLRCA, SIAC, LawAsia and other organizations.

Teaching –

• Guest Lecturer on dispute resolution, international and comparative law at
  • Beijing University of International Trade and Economics,
  • Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade,
  • Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade,
  • Nankai University (Tianjin),
  • Nanjing University,
  • Dalian Institute of Technology,
  • Hong Kong University,
  • Chinese University (Hong Kong),
  • City University (Hong Kong), and
  • Kobe University (Japan).
• Visiting Professor and Senior Fellow of Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Law School (Asian Study Tour 2003-2008).
• Frequently serves as judge-arbitrator for the annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition.

Publications

• General Editor and Special Editor, CCH China Business Law Guide
  (1992 – 2003)
• Numerous articles published on the topics of arbitration and mediation in China and Hong Kong, direct investment, dispute resolution and other law topics, including in the ICC arbitration journal, the China Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, “The Asian Leading Arbitrators’ Guide to International Arbitration” by Juris and other publications.

Languages

• English – fluent spoken, reading, writing
• Chinese (Mandarin) – fluent spoken, reading
• Spanish – fluent spoken, reading
• French – reading

Sally Harpole & Co

G.P.O. Box 12153
General Post Office
Hong Kong SAR, China

Tel. (852) 2526-2302
Fax (852) 2526-5702

Email info@sallyharpole.com

Website www.sallyharpole.com

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G.P.O. Box 12153 • Hong Kong
Tel (852) 2526-2302 • Fax (852) 2526-5702
E-mail info@sallyharpole.com